Local recovery program asks Jenkins to earmark opioid‑abatement funds for wages
Brandon of Cain Kitchen requested the council consider using local opioid‑abatement settlement money to support wages for his recovery program, proposing about $21,000 to cover roughly three months of wages and describing a high success rate and countywide service footprint.
The full story
During citizen comments Brandon (S13) asked Jenkins City Council to consider directing opioid‑abatement funds to Cain Kitchen, a local addiction recovery program that serves Jenkins and neighboring counties. He said the group employs people in recovery, runs workforce programs and distributes large amounts of food and supplies, and that targeted local funding could support wages for participants hired from Jenkins.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in